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J. F'.v STREIB BRAKE Filed Feb. 8

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F. STBEIB, F AVALON, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSGNOB T0 PRESSED STEEL CAR COvIPANY, 0F PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANA, A CORPORTION OF NEW JERSEY.

BRAKE.

Application ledlebruary 8, 1921. Serial No. 443,373.

T 0 all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, JOHN F. STREIB, a citizen of the United States, residing in Avalon, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Brakes, of which the following is a specilication.

This invention relates tofbrakes for railway cars andv more particularly to the type known as clasp brakes which are attached to the body of the car and to the truck, and has for an object the provision of means for connecting a portion of the brake to the car body in such a manner that relative movement between the brake and thel car body isl permitted so that the ybrake lwill not be affected by the angularity of the truck relative to the car body when the car to' which the brake is applied is rounding a curve in the track, and will, at thev same time, obviate any binding or bending .action between the levers and rods of the brake due to such angularity of the truck. A further object of-the invention is to provide a clasp brake having a fulcrum bracket rigidly secured to the `car body anda compensating connection between two of the dead levers of said brake andthe fulcrum brackets to enable the same operative proportionate leverage to be maintained when the car to which the brake is applied is rounding a curve.

Referring now to the drawings in which like reference characters refer to like parts,- Fig. l, is a plan view of the brake the wheels and axles of the truck and the center sills of the car body being shown in dot and dash lines. Fig. 2, is a composite view, the left hand half being a side `elevational View and the right hand half is a sectionalV view taken on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig.

3, is' an end elevational view of the same.

Fig. 4, is an enlarged detail view of a portion of the brake attached to the car body, the full lines indicating the brake in its normal position when. the truck is travelling on straight `track and the dot and dash lines showing the brake in its normal position 4when the truck is'rounding a curve. Fig. 5,' Vis a detail plan view of the fulorum bracket and the 'horizontal brake` lever vmounted therein. Fig. 6, is a side elevational view ofthe sameand Fig. 7, is an end elevational viewof the same.

Referring now in detail'to the drawings in which like reference characters refer to like parts the reference character 1, indicates the wheels of a car truck which are mounted on axles 2 in the usual manner,

such aXles being journaled in the truck frame (not shown) in any suitable manner.

Each pair of wheels is provided with brake beams 3 and 11, the beam 3 being arranged at one side of one of the pairs of wheels and the beam l at the opposite side of such pairs. The beams 3 may be of any `suitable' form but as illustrated in the drawings preferably comprise flat plates which are horizontally disposed, each of `which beams is preferably of such a length as to extend from wheel to wheel transversely of the truck. At each end of the beam `a brake shoe head 5 is secured, each of which heads has secured thereto a brake shoe 6 which is adapted to engage one of dead levers 8 is anchored toa part of the.

truck frame, (not shown) andbelow the beam each of theselevers is provided with a brake shoe head 9 which in turn is provided with a brake shoe which is adapted to engage one of the wheels. This brake shoe head is pivotally connected with the lever and is held in its proper position relative to the wheel by means of a spring member` 10 which is mounted on the beam and is secured to the brake shoe head.

To support the beams 3, hangers 11 are provided, one end of each of which is pivotally secured to the truck frame (not shown) and the other end to the brake shoe head or to any other suitable part of the brake beam, while the dead levers 8 support the brake beams 4. Between the wheels of each pair of wheels vertically disposed live levers 12 are provided each of which at its lower end is pivotally connected with one of the brake beams 3 as indicated at 13. The upper end of each of these levers 12 at one end of the truck are connected with cured to the center sills 20n ofthe car body. Y

`The end portion of the dead -lever 18 is provided with a roller 21v which is adapted to engage a vertical disposed outwardly pro- VAjecting portion 22 of the ulcrum bracket.

This roller is held in place on the lever by a pin 23 the upper and lower ends of which areloosely mounted in slots 24 so that movement oi"- the brake relative to the car body will be permitted without causing the several parts of the brake to bind on each other or to become accidentally bent or broken due to suoli movement. At each side ot the longitudinal center line of tlie 'truck and ofthe brake the floating lever 14 is connected with the horizontally disposed dead lever 18 through the medium of a rod 25 which is connected with the levers intei'inediate their ends. A

The brake beams 4 are arranged in a plane vabove the brake beams 3 such beams 4 being connected with the levers S by rods -26 such rods at one end beingconnected with the levers 12 at a point intermediate their ends. By placing the beams 4 in a plane above the beams 3, the placing of the rod 26 some distance above the axles 2 is 'facilitated, thus reducingthe parts of the brake to a minimum, aswell as guarding such. rods against damage. by the axles, or objects which may project from the road bed. It will be noted that should the rods 26 be placed below the car axles, a number of eXtra levers and connectionswould have to be introduced,to render the brake as a whole operative.

It will benoted that as the truck rounds a curve the'rollers 21 will engage androll on the portion 22 of the fulcrum bracket and that the pin 23 will move freely in the slots 24 in the fulcrum bracket.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art to which this invention appertains that changes may be made in the construction and arrangement ofthe several parts forming the brake rigging without departing' from the spiritand scope of the appended claims. y

Having thus described the intention what claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentis K y 1. The combination with a car body-and a truck, of a bra-ke mounted on said truck and having a horizontally disposed dead lever slidably connected with said body to permit said `truck to move Vat any angle to said body Without moving said lever'rel'ative to said'truck.

2. rIhe combination with a` car Vbody and a truck, of a. brake riggingmounted on said truckand 'connected with said body, said rigging comprising a dead lever and a slid- Y ing connection between said body and lever whereby said truck maybe moved to a posif tion `at an angle to said body without moving said brake transversely of the truck.

2V-3. 1n a brake riggingii'or railway cars,A

the c-onibinationwith a car bodyl and a truck, oit` brake shoes applied to both sides ot' each wheel,` and levers and rods for actuating said shoes',-one of saidlevers' at each side of the truck being adjustably cond nected withl said body, whereby'said truck may beiiioved to a position at an angle to said body without moving said levers and rods transversely of the truck.

4. 1n a brake rigging for railway cars, the combination with a car body and a truck, said truck having a plurality of pairs oiwlieels,oi1 bra :e beams at bothnsides of each pair of wheels, the brake beam atone side of one pair of wheels being on a higher horizontal plane than the beam at the iopposite side of said pair oi wheels, a lever. pivotally vmounted on the first mentioned beam, a brake head and shoev pivotallymounted on said lever below said beambsaidlever above said beam beingconnected with said truck.'-

5. 1n' a brake rigging, the combination with a car body vand a truc-k, a brake beam Itruck of a car, of a brake riggingmounted on said truck, said brake riggingl comprising a dead lever at each sideoi the truck, each oi said levers being movably fulcrunied to said body wherebyV said lever is adapted to move in the Vdirection of its length relative to said body.

8. The combination with the Y body and truck of a car, of a brake rigging mounted, lon said truck, said' brakerigging comprisprising a plurality ot horizontally disposed floating levers and a pluralityvlothorizon; tally disposed dead levers, coiinectedwith said bodyadaptedl to be moved in the direc- `tion otheir lengths relative to'A saidA body,

and a rod' connecting eachv floating-"lever with the adjaeent'dead-leve'r. -Y body and 9. The combination with a car a truck, of brake rigging carried by said l truck, said brake rigging comprising a dead body.

10. The combination with a car body and a truck, of a brake rigging carried by said truck, said brake rigging comprising a dead lever, a bracket secured to said car body, and a roller mounted on said lever adapted to engage said bracket.

11. The combination with a car body and a truck, of a brake rigging Acarried by said truck, said brake rigging comprising a horizontally disposed dead lever having a connection with said body which will permit said lever to move in the direction of its length relative to said body whensaid truck is moved at an angle to said body.

12. The combination with a car body and a truck, of a brake rigging carried by said truck, said brake rigging comprising a plurality or' vertically disposed dead levers secured to said truck, a plurality of vertically disposed livev levers, rods connecting said dead and live levers, floating levers connected with two of said live levers, horizontally disposed dead levers connected with two of said live levers and loosely fulcrumed on said body, and rods connecting said horizontally disposed levers.

13. The combination with a car body and I a. truck, of a brake rigging carried by said truck, said brake rigging comprising a dead lever, a bracket secured to said body and having a slot Yformed therein, and a pin connecting said lever and bracket, said pin being slidably mounted in said slot.

14;. In a brake rigging for a railway car, the combination with the body and truck of the car, of a bracket secured to said body and a brake lever mounted on said truck adapted to engage said bracket and permit said lever lto move relative to said body when said truck is moved at an angle to said body.

15. The combination with a car body, o a brake mechanism comprisingaJ dead lever movable in the direction of its length having an automatic adjusting connection with said car body.

16. The combination with the body and truck of a car, of a brake rigging mounted on said truck, said brake rigging comprising a dead lever and means whereby said lever is permitted to move in vthe direc-tion of its length relative to said body.

17. The combination with a car body and a truck, of brake rigging carried by said truck, said brake rigging comprising a dead lever adapted to engage said body and movable in the direction of its length relative to said body.

18. The combination with a car body and truck, of a brake rigging carried by said truck, a bracket secured to said body, a dead lever adapted to engage said bracket and means whereby said lever is permitted to move in the direction of its length when said truck is moved at an angle to said body.

19. The combination with a Car body and truck, of a brake rigging carried by said truck, said brake rigging comprising a dead lever, a fulcrum on said body with which said lever is directly connected, and means whereby said lever is permitted to be moved relative to said body when said truck is moved at an angle to said body.

20. The combination with a car body and a truck, of a brake fulcrum on said body, of a brake lever carried by said truck and adapted to directly engage said fulcrum, and means whereby said lever is permitted tc move in the direction of its length relative to said body.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

J CHN F. STREIB.

Vitnesses:

JOHN J. CLARKE, EDYTHE LAMBE'. 

